Friday, December 07, 2012

A Zionist History Quiz

Today's quiz is: who said this, and when:

Those who oppose
Abdullah's act of plunder on the basis of the principle of the
integrity of the homeland...can be accused by those who acquiesce in it
of making a great deal of fuss over...a lost cause.

I admit that there is some logic in that, but I would like to make it
clear here...that a new generation is growing up in Israel for which the
River Jordan is not the eastern border of the homeland, and for which
Abdullah's temporary conquests are meaningless....That generation
foresees a future homeland in its expanded, natural borders. There, and
there alone, will the millions of scattered Jews be gathered together
and enabled to flourish spiritually and materially, culturally and
economically. Any fact which opposes this view will not last long.

Thus, this debate is not about whether Abdullah, who was expelled from
the Arabian desert by Ibn-Saud, is entitled to rule over more or less of
our homeland. There is no place for a debate of that kind on historical
grounds or on principle. All Abdullah's territory, on both the east and
the west banks of the Jordan, is plundered...

...The inaction of our leaders at this time is comparable to that of those
who went to Munich....The only possible explanation must lie in the
ongoing love affair between the erstwhile, British-protected Emir and
the Jewish Agency, even though the adoration of the latter does not seem
to be reciprocated....There can be no other reason for the incessant
pursuit of Abdullah....His entire kingdom has been obtained by plunder....The Foreign Ministry has tried to auction off "peace with Israel," but
there are no buyers....I doubt whether those who fell so that the state
might be established wanted their blood to be sold thus....

...The Foreign Ministry's response was a shameful one...and constitutes
acceptance of daylight robbery...as well as tacit legitimization of the
"Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan"...determining as its price negotiations
and a peace treaty...the
situation will oblige us to follow that path eventually...I pray that it will not be too late.

About Me

American born, my wife and I moved to Israel in 1970. We have lived at Shiloh together with our family since 1981. I was in the Betar youth movement in the US and UK. I have worked as a political aide to Members of Knesset and a Minister during 1981-1994, lectured at the Academy for National Studies 1977-1994, was director of Israel's Media Watch 1995-2000 and currently, I work at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem. I was a guest media columnist on media affairs for The Jerusalem Post, op-ed contributor to various journals and for six years had a weekly media show on Arutz 7 radio. I serve as an unofficial spokesperson for the Jewish Communities in Judea & Samaria.